Kay Toinette "K. T." Oslin (born May 15, 1942) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the American Country chart.

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Early life[edit]

Kay Toinette Oslin was born in Crossett, Arkansas. Her father, a foreman at a paper mill, died when she was five. After his death, Oslin and her mother moved to Houston, Texas. Oslin attended Lon Morris College, where she majored in drama.[1] She also performed in a folk trio that included Guy Clark and David Jones,[2] which recorded an album that was never released.[1]

In 1996, she returned to singing. She signed with BNA Records and recorded My Roots Are Showing..., which included the single "Silver Tongue and Goldplated Lies".[3] Five years later, she released a second and final album for BNA titled Live Close By, Visit Often, which she co-produced with The Mavericks' lead singer, Raul Malo.[1]

Oslin returned to the stage in November 2013 for a concert at Franklin Theater in Franklin, Tennessee to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her debut album, 80's Ladies.

November 30, 2014 performs live at the Grand Ole Opry (and on 650am WSM simulcast). Though she had been on the Opry previously, it was her first time on stage at the Ryman Auditorium.